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Social Context: Specific circumstance or general environment that serves as a social ___ for individual or interpersonal ___. This context frequently influences the actions and feelings that occur within it
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framework, behavior
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Chocking: Posits that the presence of others would ___ all players’ performance in a ___ task
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decrease, challenging
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Social Facilitation Theory: Posits that the mere presence of others would improve ___ players’ performance while worsening ___ players’ performance
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good, bad
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SC: video games can be played ___ or ___. Is playing together always better?
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cooperatively, competitively
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SC Chocking vs. SF: when participants played an easier game, bad players' performance ___ in the presence of others, while good players' performance ___. When playing a more ___ game, all players' performance ___ in the presense of others
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increased, decreased, challenging, decreased
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SC Typical Methodology: manipulate the nature of the ___ (computer vs. human, physically present vs. online), nature of the ___ (cooperative vs. competitive)
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other, game
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SC Classic Study ("Killing Spree"): participants played a first-person ___ game in of the three modes; solo, cooperative, competitive. Participants sat in the same ___ if not solo. They then filled out a ___
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shooter, room, questionnaire
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SC Classic Study Results: cooperative gaming showed a ___ in aggressive cognition after gameplay and violent strategizing during gameplay compared to competitive gaming
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decrease
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Proteus Effect: ___ influence individuals’ ___ and ___ in computer-mediated contexts, as well as in subsequent real-world contexts
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Avatars, cognition, behaviour
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PE: ___ is either Self-Perception Theory or Automatic Priming
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basis
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PE SPT: individuals make inferences about themselves from observations of their own ___ behaviors or ___ cues (using an attractive avatar may increase the player's confidence)
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past, external
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PE AP: stereotype activation automatically triggers ___ cognitions and ___ behaviors (using avatar in a dark outfit may trigger evil ___, causing the player to act aggressively)
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association, learned, stereotype
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PE: players often conform to the ___ cognition and behaviors implied by their ___
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expected, avatars
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PE Typical Methodology: manipulation of ___ and measurement of ___ outcomes
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avatar, behavioral
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PE Classic Study (Virtual Shopping): participants were randomly assigned to one of 4 avatars, ranging in ___, to walk in a virtual bookstore
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age
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PE Classic Study Results: participants who were assigned an elderly avatar walked more ___
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slowly
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PE Classic Study (Acting Your Avatar's Age): participants ___ from the briefing room to the test room. They were randomly assigned to an ___ or ___ avatar matching their own gender (or no avatar: control condition), they could see this avatar in the VR goggles and performed vision and attention tests in the VR before walking back
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walked, old, young
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PE Classic Study: the walking ___ were measured for the first half and the second half in each direction
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speeds
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PE Classic Study Results: there were significant differences between the experimental groups in the ___ half of the second walk, but not for the second half, old avatar participants walked more ___ --> immersion might moderate the PE
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first, slowly
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PE Limitations: individuals sometimes distance themselves from ___ avatar traits
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undesirable
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Immersion: An experience of mental ___ when engaging with media
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absorption
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Flow: A psychological construct or mental state where an individual is fully ___ on the activity. No cognitive ___ are left over while experiencing flow, but it is ___ and ___
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focused, resources, enjoyable, not exhausting
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Immersion and Flow: Distancing-Embracing Model explains how humans can ___ and become immsersed in ___ fictional content. Audience knows the content is ___, which allows them to ___ themselves enough from the negative content so that they can enjoy it
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enjoy, negative, fictional, distance
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IaF main characteristics of Flow: activity is at an ___ challenge level relative to the user's skill level, the activity requires focused ___, an individual loses ___ of time, the activity is ___
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optimal, attention, track, enjoyable
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IaF Types of Immersive Responses: 1) Transportation: user is ___ and ___ involved in another reality
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cognitively, emotionally
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IaF: 2) Presence: user focuses on the media and ignores ___ and other distracting cognitions
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surroundings
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IaF: 3) Narrative Engagement: user focuses attention on narrative setting and loses awareness of ___
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the self
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IaF: 4) Flow: users feel complete ___ into a task (media in this case)
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absorption
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IaF: It is particularly easy to experience flow with ___ media such as video games
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interactive
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IaF: Typical Methodology
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questionnaires
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IaF Classic Study (From Immersion to Addiction in Video-games): 1) participants were asked to fill-out a questionnaire to measure ___ and ___ in video games. Results could not draw a ___ between the two
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engagement, addiction, distinction
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IaF Classic Study: 2) participants who indicated playing video games at least 3 times per week were contacted from the previous study. Participants were asked to keep a diary of ___ sessions and fill-out the ___ questionnaire after longer sessions over the course of two weeks
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playing, immersion
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IaF Classic Study 2) Results: there was a ___ correlation between the engagement/addiction score and the immersion score. However, there was no correlation found between the total amount of ___ played and immersion or engagement/addiction scores
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positive, time
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IaF Limitations: Flow and immersion share similar ___, making it difficult to study them seperately
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characteristics
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Problematic Use: Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD): A pattern of gaming behavior characterized by impaired ___ over gaming, increasing priority given to gaming over other activities and ___ or ___ of gaming despite the occurrence of negative consequences
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control, continuation, escalation
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PU: Specific Pathological Internet Use: abuse of content-specific ___ on the Internet that exist offline as well
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activities
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PU: General Pathological Internet Use (GPIU): abuse of the Internet without a ___
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clear objective
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PU: Update to GPIU: Posits that people who prefer ___ interactions to ___ interactions are more likely to develop Problematic Internet Use
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online social, F2F
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PU: Most online games are designed to ___ players for as ___ as possible. Negative consequences of IGD include changes in ___ and ___, physical pain, poor diet, and ___
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engage, long, mood, sleep, offline social isolation
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PU: Limitations
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no consensus in definitions and diagnostig criteria
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